Enos Bontrager, of Fond du Lac, appeared in a Dodge County courtroom in February after pleading no contest to reduced charges and was found guilty of misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals or pubic area and fourth-degree sexual assault. The woman he abused throughout her childhood is speaking out after his release Wednesday over concerns he will continue to harm people.
The now adult woman who Enos Bontrager of Fond du Lac, formerly of Friesland, admitted to sexually assaulting from when she was 9 years old until she was around 17 has concerns he will continue his pattern of abuse now that he is out of jail.
Russell Goldsmith, left, appears Oct. 4 in Columbia County Circuit Court alongside defense attorney Timothy Robert Verhoff.
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Michael J. Thompson in court
Michael Thompson, left, appears Oct. 4 in Columbia County Circuit Court alongside defense attorney Charles Giesen.
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Mitchell Manthey in court with attorney
Mitchell Manthey, left, appears Thursday in Columbia County Circuit Court with defense attorney Steven Sarbacker.
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Dexter Ewing during jury trial
Defendant Dexter L. Ewing appears in Columbia County Circuit Court during the first day of his homicide trial Wednesday. Prosecutors say Ewing strangled his cellmate to death inside Columbia Correctional Institution on Feb. 12, 2015.
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Brandy Heath takes the stand
Brandy Heath testifies Wednesday in Columbia County Circuit Court during a homicide trial. Heath testified defendant Dexter Ewing seemed "slightly frantic" when he alerted her to his cellmate being unresponsive at Columbia Correctional Institution on Feb. 12, 2015. Heath was working as a guard at the prison at the time of the 2015 incident.
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Benavides holds up sheet of paper
Defense attorney Ronald Benavides holds up a sheet of paper containing defendant Wayne Murphy's handwriting Thursday in Columbia County Circuit Court. Benavides said the legible writing suggests Murphy was not impaired when his semi struck a school bus in May 2018.
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Wayne Murphy shows photo to attorney
Indianapolis truck driver Wayne Murphy, right, shows a picture to defense attorney Ronald Benavides on Wednesday. Murphy, 43, is on trial in Columbia County Circuit Court for allegedly driving a semi while impaired and crashing into a disabled school bus packed with children on Interstate 39/90/94 near Arlington.
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Two Wisconsin men arrested after a Sauk County Drug Task Force raid were charged with drug-related felonies Friday in Sauk County Circuit Court.
Enos Bontrager, of Fond du Lac, appeared in a Dodge County courtroom in February after pleading no contest to reduced charges and was found guilty of misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals or pubic area and fourth-degree sexual assault. The woman he abused throughout her childhood is speaking out after his release Wednesday over concerns he will continue to harm people.
